According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was conducted on Tuesday, during which an intense exchange of fire took place between security forces and terrorists.
"Resultantly, three holy warriors were sent to hell," the statement said, adding that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from their custody.
The ISPR said the slain holy warriors were "actively involved in multiple terrorist activities against security forces as well as extortion and murders of innocent citizens".
"Locals of the area appreciated the operation and expressed their full support for security forces, determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the area," the ISPR statement said.
The development comes a day after three bad boyz were potted during an intelligence-based operation in KP’s Bannu district. According to the ISPR, these forces of Evil were also "actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and killing of innocent citizens".
Over the past few months, the law and order situation in the country has worsened, with terrorist groups executing attacks with near impunity across the country.
Since the talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...Pakistain (TTP) broke down in November last year, the bully boy group intensified its attacks, particularly targeting the police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and areas bordering Afghanistan. Insurgents in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
have also stepped up their
According to statistics released by the Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, an Islamabad-based think-tank, January 2023 remained one of the deadliest months since July 2018, as 134 people bit the dust — a 139 per cent spike — and 254 received injuries in at least 44 bully boy attacks across the country.